THE GEORGETOWN IGNATIAN SOCIETYShown above is the altarpiece The Miracles
of St. Ignatius of Loyola
painted in 1617-18 by Peter Paul Rubens and placed over the high
altar
in the Jesuit (now St. Charles Borromeo) Church of Antwerp,
Belgium.St.
Ignatius Loyola is depicted giving a blessing while saying
Mass.
Alongside him in the sanctuary and at the top of the altar steps
are portrayed the nine other original Jesuits (nearest to him being
St.
FrancisXavier)
all of whom went with Ignatius to Rome in 1538
to obtain permission from Pope Paul III for the founding of the
Society of Jesus.
In the painting's foreground,
on the laity's side of the communion rail,
are portrayed all the people whom St. Ignatius cured or saved in his
lifetime
(as related in the Vita Ignatii Loiolae Societatis Iesu
fundatoris
that was written by Fr. Pedro Ribadineira, S.J.,
and first published in 1572).
The original painting was in 1776 removed from Antwerp to Vienna
and is now in the Gemäldegalerie of the
Kunsthistorisches Museum (inv. 517).
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The Georgetown Ignatian Society is a
layadvocacy group
formed to bring Georgetown University and Holy Trinity Parish
back to their Catholic and Jesuit identities.

Ann (Mrs. Edward) Sheridan
is the foundress and president
of the Georgetown Ignatian Society;
and also the foundress and Mother Abbess
(and, to date, sole member)
of the "Order of Divine Wrath"[not yet in receipt of episcopal approval],
a special endeavor to foster greater appreciation,
particularly among some Jesuits,
of that much neglected Gift of the Holy Ghost,
"fear of the Lord."

Above is Ann Sheridan' Crest,
displaying her motto,
which translates as"I have crozier,
I know how to impale"

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Ann Sheridan at work

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[N.B. Terrence J. Boyle is not a member
of The Georgetown Ignatian Society,
but he is often an admirer of Ann Sheridan's prose style
and always an admirer of her commitment
to the restoration of GU to Catholicism]